Skeppsholmen: the navy island turned art island
Across the golden-crowned bridge to the Moderna Museet, a tall ship, and the best view back to the Old Town. This is a Claude-drafted route awaiting the editor's walk.

1. Skeppsholmsbron
The bridge across to the island, and the gilded royal crown on its railing is the most photographed object on the route. Stand under it and frame the *Nationalmuseum* or the palace behind — everyone does, and they're right to.

2. Moderna Museet
The Museum of Modern Art — Picasso, Dalí, Rauschenberg's goat, and a Rafael Moneo building that knows when to be quiet. Free entry to the collection. Closed Mondays, so don't make this a Monday walk if the art is the point.

3. ArkDes
Sweden's national centre for architecture and design, sharing the Moneo building next door to the Moderna. Worth the twenty minutes even if you came for the paintings; the model collection is the sort of thing you didn't know you wanted to see.

4. af Chapman
The full-rigged 1888 sailing ship moored off the island's southwest shore, now a youth hostel. You can't board unless you're staying, but the deck-and-rigging silhouette against the city is the photograph. Walk the quay beside her.

5. Kastellholmen
The smaller island just south, joined by a short bridge, with a little red-and-white *kastell* (citadel) on its high point. Almost nobody crosses over. The naval ensign still flies here; the benches face the water.

6. Nationalmuseum
Back across the bridge to *Blasieholmen*, the national gallery sits right on the water — reopened in 2018 after a long refit. End here with a coffee in the glass-roofed courtyard before the short walk back to *Kungsträdgården*.

Skeppsholmen: the navy island turned art island